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Big lizards scare Secret Service ahead of Obama's Thailand visit
UPI.com ^ | 11/17/12 | UPI

Posted on 11/17/2012 1:26:19 PM PST by NormsRevenge

BANGKOK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Thai officials reassured the U.S. Secret Service that lizards found on the Government House grounds were not the dangerous komodo dragons, but water lizards.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: lizards; obama; secretservice; thailand
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For Jimmy Carter, a rabbit, for Obama, a lizard?

STrange times indeed. altho some of them buggers can get nasty.. ask phil bronstein..

1 posted on 11/17/2012 1:26:27 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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I reckun he wasn't invited along..


2 posted on 11/17/2012 1:29:17 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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They’ve been around Obama for around years now, and they’re still afraid of lizards?

Heh, heh, heh...


3 posted on 11/17/2012 1:30:03 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and 48 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Obama’s safe,excrement is not on the lizard’s diet.


4 posted on 11/17/2012 1:30:22 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: NormsRevenge

If they’re not frightened by Michelle a few lizards shouldn’t be a problem!


5 posted on 11/17/2012 1:32:35 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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'benign water monitors '

Humorous article. I once saw a 'benign' water lizard in Malaysia rip apart a small dog. They are not as large as a komodo, but just as rovian.

6 posted on 11/17/2012 1:34:32 PM PST by Theoria (Romney is a Pyrrhic victory.)
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7 posted on 11/17/2012 1:34:49 PM PST by OwenKellogg
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To: Theoria

So one of these little saurians could be the modern counterpart to Jimmy Carter’s rabbit???


8 posted on 11/17/2012 1:39:25 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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Water lizards startle US security detail - BangkokPost.com


Government House and a monitor lizard
(Photos by Somchai Poomlard and Thiti Wannamontha)

They got enough teeth to make a good day into a bad one real quick.. I wouldn't mess with 'em.

9 posted on 11/17/2012 1:40:56 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: Theoria

Lizard
10 posted on 11/17/2012 1:41:16 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: NormsRevenge

I’d guess that Thais consider them good luck; why otherwise tolerate them being on the Government House grounds?


11 posted on 11/17/2012 1:42:48 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: NormsRevenge

I sure hope the big lizard scare doesn’t take away from the SS finding call girls on this trip.


12 posted on 11/17/2012 1:44:31 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eatl my dog!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

No, Thai’s consider it bad luck if one visits your home. The thai word is ‘hia’. It’s a curse word when not used in reference to a lizard.


13 posted on 11/17/2012 1:48:44 PM PST by Theoria (Romney is a Pyrrhic victory.)
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were not the dangerous komodo dragons

What do we have to do to get some of them suckers?

14 posted on 11/17/2012 1:54:51 PM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Theoria

OK, so they ought to clear them off the Government House grounds... seem logical? Unless they loathe their king even worse than we loathe Obama.


15 posted on 11/17/2012 1:55:31 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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They eat small reptiles and mammals, fish, birds, carrion and even fruits.

Isn't the fruits category the one they should be concerned about?
16 posted on 11/17/2012 1:56:34 PM PST by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine .)
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Heard Obama going to Asia as he had a craving for Rib Eye Dog. White House chefs don’t know how to cook Obama’s favorite meat.


17 posted on 11/17/2012 2:10:56 PM PST by YukonGreen
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To: righttackle44

That species is homosexual, they will be protectedt any cost


18 posted on 11/17/2012 2:12:22 PM PST by Einherjar ( Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job But I get no offers...)
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To: NormsRevenge

These Water Lizards only eat spineless, floundering, slimy, things, so.....they’re not MAN eating....

...oh....wait...


19 posted on 11/17/2012 2:16:09 PM PST by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Sounds like a scene out of Skyfall.


20 posted on 11/17/2012 2:16:23 PM PST by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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